Common Core State Standards: Parent & Student Toolkit
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An informative toolkit for parents, teachers, and administrators to understand and implement the Common Core State Standards, promoting college and career readiness through enhanced literacy and mathematics skills.
Common Core State Standards: Parent & Student Toolkit
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Common Core State Standards Parent & Student Toolkit
The Common Core • State-led effort, not a federal mandate • Based on evidence and research • Incorporate standards of excellence found in high achieving countries • Promotes 21st Century skills • Consistent standards across states GOAL: All students college and career-ready
English Language Arts – Key Ideas • Read and understand more challenging texts • Emphasize reading informational text • Develop literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects Examples: • Explain how a simple machine works (science) • Compare/contrast world events (social studies) • Justify a solution to a problem (mathematics)
Mathematics – Key Ideas • Kindergarten – Grade 5 • Establishes foundation of using and understanding whole numbers, fractions, and decimals • Grades 6-8 • Preparation for geometry, algebra, and probability and statistics • High School • Emphasis on applying math to solve problems arising in every day life, society, and the workplace
The Six “Shifts” ELA & Literacy • Increased Reading of Informational Text • Text Complexity • Academic Vocabulary • Text-based Answers • Increase Writing from Sources • Literacy Instruction in All Content Areas • Math • Focus • Coherence • Procedural Fluency • Deep Conceptual Understanding • Applications (Modeling) • Balanced Emphasis
Toolkit Overview • Audience oriented • Administrators • Teachers • Parents and Students • Resources specific to each group www.ode.state.or.us/go/ccsstoolkit
Parent & Student Toolkit • Toolkit Organization • Becoming Informed • Developing a Plan
Parent Toolkit • Becoming Informed • Introductory video • What does the Common Core mean for my student? • Parent Resource Guides • Many materials in Spanish
Student Toolkit • Students • What does the Common Core mean for me? • Links to the Standards • Common Core Apps • Android and iTunes
Other Toolkits • Teachers • Video examples of instruction • Planning templates • Sample lessons/units • Resources for content area literacy • Administrators • Tools for observing instruction • Targeting Professional Development
What Can Parents Do? • Get Informed • Read more about what is expected of your child in the CCSS Parent Guides • Get Involved • Talk to your child’s principal about your school’s plan for the Common Core • Get Ready • Work with your child’s teacher to make sure your child is prepared for these new expectations www.ode.state.or.us/go/ccsstoolkit